Bloomberg Aides making noises like he might run in 2008...LINK

[Blackhatjack]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12182007/news/nationalnews/mike_eyes_08_team_792708.htm

MIKE EYES '08 TEAM
AIDES SOUND OUT ADVISERS FOR RUN
By MAGGIE HABERMAN

"December 18, 2007 -- Mayor Bloomberg's aides have been reaching out to consultants from his past campaigns about whether they are free for a possible 2008 White House bid - including one who helped make his slick mayoral TV spots, The Post has learned. The moves took place in the past few weeks, as the primaries for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees are about to begin - and aides have suggested that he will wait and see who the nominees are before making a decision about an independent White House run."

"Bloomberg aides reached out to people involved in ad-making - including one who had been involved in creating the mayor's vaunted TV spots - asking about their availability in the coming months, the sources said. That Bloomberg aides would look to lock up an ad team dovetails with what the mayor has privately told people about how he would spend up to $1 billion of his own fortune on an independent run, which would be played out mostly on the TV airwaves and through direct mail."

"The Post has learned that a New York political activist who worked on the mayor's last campaign had been planning on joining up with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign team and reached out to discuss it first with Bloomberg's aides. Bloomberg's advisers told the politico he should not sign up with another campaign and instead wait and see what happens with the mayor, the sources said."

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[gateley]

1. Interesting. One BILLION he'd spend on the campaign. That's alarming. nt

[IndyOp]

2. Okay - crap. Bloomberg will take votes from the Dem candidate

if he jumps in as an independent (moreso than the Republican candidate).

The only way I'll be okay with this is if he declares a ticket with Gore as Pres and funds the campaign...

:(

[TwilightGardener]

3. The Bloomberg Train's a comin'--I've been saying this for a while now. Best figure out

how we're going to deal with it. I personally think we should nominate Obama, and eliminate Bloomberg's "non-partisan" centrist rationale to run.

[tridim]

4. Counter him with Gore?

[TwilightGardener]

5. Nah, Gore and Bloomberg are friends, I can't see them opposing each other.

If Gore were our nominee, Bloomberg wouldn't run.

[librechik]

6. Bloomentum

Did Joe's endorsement of McCain encourage him?

[Blackhatjack]

7. Anyone other than Romney on Repub Side would 'encourage' Bloomberg to run

I don't think he would 'bleed' off a substantial number of registered Dems, but he would make it difficult for the Democratic Nominee to reach the Independents/Undecideds and Unaffiliateds.

Of course Edwards does the best reaching this group, and would likely compete with Bloomberg for those votes better than HRC or BO.